Thursday, 19 January 2012

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Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Just to let you know, I am going to start a lunch time school club for students and staff that want to learn computer coding. I’m going to use the free website called www.codeacademy.com which teaches people at their own pace using clever and interactive tutorials. In New York they are using it revolutionise IT teaching across the state and it’s fast becoming one of the most popular sites of 2012.

When I've decided on a day I’ll put it into the student bulletin, on the ICT blog and in the staff sheet. Keep checking back.